Galaxy 5" Color LCD 8GB Flash Portable Media Player

I've my 5.0 for a while now and it keeps getting better and better. The wi-fi range is better that on my netbook. And the video player is just as it was on day one. More and More apps everyday. I'll just be glad when they come out with a update for gingerbread OS. So I can upgrade my 5.0 to hold a 64GB micro SD Card.....

The Samsung Galaxy is packed full of features. I have been very pleased with the responsiveness of the touch screen, the ease of use, & all the features it offers. It has a very small learning curve, especially if you are already familiar with an Android operating system. The only complaint I have is the built in music player. Apparently there is a glitch in the software that causes it to quit working. After just a few uses, it started giving me an error message saying "not enough memory". When I researched the problem, I found that it is a common problem. Simple solution, download a different music player.

i brought this to replace Ipod nano, i was looking for a mp3 that was non apple. The wi-fi is fast, able to surf online, the resolution is great when looking at videos and netflix. It has great sound It has all the features of a phone without the monthly cost. i can use it to record, download and watch shows on my DVR with my Uverse app. this is a must buy. Once my wife saw it and played with it, now she wants one and is planning on buying one soon. if you want a great alternative to the Itouch with better features and sound check this one out. Oh i forgot to mention the sd slot for extra memory. The only negative i have was the Kies, it was annoying to get it to work with my player.

We own an iPod Touch 4g, and my wife & I both prefer our Samsung Galaxy Player 5.0 over the iPod Touch. The Samsung Galaxy Player (SGP) sounds better in our car and on our home theater system than our iPod Touch 4g, and it plays louder than our iPod Touch too. It also sounds better using it's own internal speakers than the iPod Touch. The SGP has a large screen which makes surfing the Internet very enjoyable. The screen is just the right size. I also own a Nook Color and it's screen is a little to large to carry around everywhere all the time. The SGP is the perfect size. It fits in your pockets and it feels about like a billfold if you carry it in your back pocket. Two thumbs up also to Samsung for allowing access to all the Android Markets and not to just their own "Samsung Apps" market. Both the Apple iPod Touch and the Barnes & Noble Nook Color only allow you access to their company owned Markets. Which is why I ended up here today submitting this review. I decided to go online to the Samsung Apps website and check out what Samsung had available on their own market and to check out what's available specifically for our Samsung Galaxy Player. BTW, nice APP Website Samsung. While I was here I finally registered my SGP. We've been to busy having fun with our SGP to take the time to register it. Anyway, back to my review. My wife and I both dislike iTunes and the need to sync our iPod regularly. iTunes is a resource hungry, unnecessarily complicated piece of software that has become even more difficult to use every since Apple activated their "Cloud" storage for their iPods, iPhones, & iPads, etc. With our Samsung Player we don't mess with uploading our media to the "Cloud" which is very time consuming because like most people we have very fast Cable Internet Download speeds, but only modest Upload speeds. Therefore, uploading media regularly to the "cloud" with our iPod has become very tiresome. And in all honesty, we don't need it uploaded to the cloud. We just "drag and drop" our media to and from our computer to our Samsung Galaxy Player whenever we're in the mood for a change. Yes, we are NOT using the "Cloud" with our Samsung Player, but the truth is since the Samsung Galaxy Player has an SD Card slot which accepts up to 32GB SD cards, we don't need online "cloud" storage. SD card storage is getting cheaper and with much larger storage capacities and in much smaller storage packages by the day. With more than one SD card we can completely change our media from just music, to just movies, or to just games and everything in between in a matter of seconds. Apple's closed storage systems on all their products requires that you the consumer use their cloud for storage. And the more data you have, the more storage you will need. Therefore, sooner or later you will have to pay for more storage and you will have to continue to pay for that storage every year. We on the other hand will be storing our media on our SD Cards, or own PCs, and our Network Storage Devices, which we can access not only from our own home WiFi Network or via Bluetooth, but also anywhere there is an Internet connection. The Samsung Galaxy Player has impressed both of us so much so, that we will most likely be getting Samsung phones when our contract expires. And I am hopeful that Samsung will continue to offer even larger removable storage solutions for their devices in the future, and maintain the quality of this Samsung product.

This player is so great. the music player is much better than the ipod touch's music player. I has 60 hrs of music playback while the ipod touch has 40. I has a bigger screen and a brighter screen. I have dropped this player on concrete several times and the plastic just absorbed the drop. Anyway great device for long trips and everyday use. Fits nicely in my pocket although it sometimes falls out.